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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30
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MONEY GOING ABROAD,
Increase in f1e Amount of Cash Sent b
Money Orders to Foreign Lands.

Increase in fhe Amount of Cash Sent by
Money Orders TO Foreign Lands.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 24-During the pres
ent month there has been great increase in
the number OF foreign money orders, which
is attributed to the custom of people in this
country sending Christmas presents of
money to their friends abroad 1t is esti-
mated that the amount Of money sent
away this month will be greater than any
previous, year. More money is sent to
Great Britain than any other foreign coun-
try. Last year the amount Of money orders
issued for Great Britain was nearly
$4,000 CO., an increase over the pre-
vious year of nearly 81, 600 900 Germany
came next with about 50. 800. 900; then
Canada with something over 81 900, 600.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

A SHORT time ago Mr.. and Mrs.
Brewer of Sylvania, O., buried child.
They were almost heartbroken, but
were comforted by the fact that they
still had three bright little boys, aged
Ten, seven and four years. in their fam
lily, The other day William Brewer,
the father and George Cory went to the
woods to cut logs, the three boys &C.
companying them, A tree fell in the
opposite direction from what the men
intended and all three of the children
were killed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

A New YORK man says that the
great drawback to electric street rail
ways is that you can not ride even a
block on one of those cars without
having your watch completely magnet
1zed and ruined so far as time-kee ping
is concerned. All the electric roads
have the same difficulty and the in
ventors, although they have been try
ing for years have not yet succeeded
in discovering remedy. Until that
defect is removed, no electric street
railway will be u success.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30
Completing Mammoth Switchboard-The
Largest in the World.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-The largest, best
equipped and most costly electrical SWITCH
board in the world is just being completed
in the Metropolitan Telephone Company's
building here Over two hundred different
patents have been utilized, and the board as
itnow stands cost $32, 600 The new switch
board-or boards, as it is divided into fifty
four sections will accommodate 5000
wires, with capacity for increasing to TO-
600 when wanted. The board is nearly
300 feet long To make connections in the
offica over 100000 joints had to be
soldered in the wires and 1900 miles of
wire used
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

DIR. CHARLES +. MCDONALD, head of
the postal money order branch of the
fos''otllco Department at Washington,
claims to be the first Irish-American
graduated from Harvard. He has been
an the Post-ot1ice Department longer
than any other man. He is the father
'ot the postal money-order system en-
ployed by the United States.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

MISS GRACE DODGE has organized
thirteen clubs for the working girls of
New York. One of these is presided
over by Miss Clara Potter daughter of
BISHOP Potter, 1t includes boarding
house. classes in dressmaking, cookery
and eloaotion, and evening entertain
ments in which the working-gi GIRLS
themS elves are the chief performers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

Mrs. JOHN JACOB ASToR, who died
recently in New York, was a woman
who rose above the tempting diver
sions her great wealth afforded and
did signal work as practical philan-
thropist. Children's aid societies, in
dustrial schools and lodging houses
Were favorite objects of Mrs. Astor's
benevolence, and the wisdom with
which she strove to help the poor to
help themselves made her gifts doubly
useful. Mrs. Astor was sixtv-one
years of age. Her husband and a son,
well known as diplomat and author,
survive her
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30
FOREIGN INTELI,IGENcE,

THE Great Eastern was sold in London
on the 21st to metal firm for $50, 500
The steamer would be broken ND for old
metal
IT was reported on the 22d that the Mex
lean Government would lay a tax on ores
designed for import in order to protect the
reducing works in the country.
The Mexican Government has granted
privileges to an immigration company in
order to bring settlers into various districts
The company has obtained ffty-five mill
ion acres of land
HEAVY rains and floods were reported on
the 23d in Italy, and much damage had
been done.
BAyIsPE Mex advices of the 23d say that
the people in the earthquakes stricken
district were suffering terribly from cold
and hunger.
AT Dublin the other day man named
MacNamara was sentenced to two months
imprisonment, with hard labor, for selling
copies of United Ireland.
The other day five thousand persons
marched in procession to the shrine of
the Virgin at Aix-La- Chapelle and offered
prayers for the recovery of the Crown
Prince OF Germany
A DYNAMITE explosion on the Esd in a
limestone quarry near Brookfeld, N. S.,
killed four men and injured two other per-
sons.
HE Guatemala revolution was complete
ly put down on the Goth by desperate
battle between the Federal and Revolution
airy forces in which the latter were defeat.
ed and almost annihilated, and their Gem
erals captured and shot
On the 26th Mr. Gladstone left Lon lon
for several months sojourn in Italy.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30
NEW YORK'S IDLE ARMY.
One Hundred Thousand People,
Guiding 10000 Women, Out of yyorl

One Hundred Thousand People, In
Guiding 10000 Women, Out of Work at
Present.
New YORK, Dec 27-It has been ascer-
tanned that there are at least 100, 900
persons idle in this city at present.,
and that, Notwithstanding the seem
ing general prosperity, starvation
menaces many persons who want
work but can not get it The employment
agencies are full of persons looking for
work, for whom nothing can be got These
are slack times in most of the trades. all
men who work on buildings being laid off
Of the 100, 900 persons idle the superin-
tendent of the Workingwomen's Protective
Union says 10000 are women.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

1HE Oklahoma Settlers Association
lis increasing in membership rapidly,
land it is reported that arms are being
distributed among the boomers so that
they may be prepared to take forcibe
possession of the territory in dispute
II Congress does not throw it open for
settlement by April /.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

A YEAR ago Miss Moore, of Cincin-
nat' went to visl5 friends in Los
Angeles, Cal She had few hundred
dollars with her, which she invested in
0outherp California lands, and in the
boom that followed she sold out her
property at a net gain Of 1926, 900.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

SYLVIA DUBOIS, u negress, who re-
sides in q tumble-down hut at the
base of the Sourland mountain, near
Pennington, N. j., is reported to
be over one hundred and twenty four
years old. She is clear-headed, can
recitc old-time "reminiscences with con-
siderable gusto, but denies ever hay
ing nursed George Washington OF
cooked for Napoleon. She is living
with her daughter, Elizabeth, who is
eighty years of age. Her appetite is
good, and she expects to live ten years
longer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30
TYPHOID AT PITTSBURGH.
Two Thousand Cases IN Three Months
Due to Impure Drinking Water.

Due to Impure Drinking Water.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 24-There have
been 2, 900 cases of typhoid fever in this
city in the last three months, of which
number 1900 have been on the South
side The epidemic is still increasing.
The Board of Health has examined the
south-side drinking water to determine the
cause of the epidemic, and has found the
water TO be dangerously contaminated with
organic matter and disease germs It is
said that an ordinary glass of the water
contains 125, 900, 600 bacteria Other inn
purities appear in proportion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

UNITED STATES SENATOR MITCHELL,
OF Oregon, now millionaire several
times oyer, delights to remember that
"dleh nc first landed in the Territory
Inc F'adn't money enough to buy a
taRIo for his Office and no dealer
SHOULD give him one on credit.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

The craze for bits of wedding cake
ito dream on has given place to mania
for patches of wedding dresses to in
corporate into quilts. The modistes
are besieged by their customers for
scraps of the wedding costumes they
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

REV. F. +. JEWELL, a Methodist
preacher of San Jose, Cal, has Won
derfully stirred up the temperance
people out there, and the Incorporate
too, by appealing in circular to all
religious and temperance organiza-
tons to file protests to be presented
to Senator Stanford, asking him not
to endow his new university with
money derived from the sale of wine.
Mr.. Jewell says that if he does the
university will be founded on the ruin
many young'men. Alarge part of the
Ian Is that form its endowment are de-
voted to grape growing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30
WEST Nd SOUTH.

In saloon at Opelousas, La, dispute
over politics on the 21st ended in the fatal
shooting of three men.
FIRE on the ODD nearly destroyed the
village of Montevideo, Mimi
ADvICEs of the 22d say that as many as
sixty persons persisted from hunger and
cold during the prevalence of the recent
blizzard in Kansas.
On the 22d James Lundy, his wife aud
three children, of Lima. O., were fatally in
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

SEBASTIAN S. MARBLE, who, by the
death of Governor Bodwell, becomes
the Chief Executive of Maine, is a ma
tive of Dixfield, Me. In early life he
worked in the saw-mills. He received
common-school education, and has
been teacher of schools III Maine,
Mississippi and Louisiana. He fitted
himself for the bar, and began the
practice Of his profession at Waldobor-
ough, where he has since resided. He
first entered the Legislature, as Senator
from Lincoln County, in 1888. He has
been twice reelected, and at the last ses-
sion was chosen President of the Senate.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

IN 1852 a'oout twelve persons out of
every thousand were arrested in Lon
don Tor drunkenness or disorderly con-
duct Last year the percentage was
only about four.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

Count Won MoLrkE is reported to
nave said recently: SIN my youth it
was predicted that I should take part
IN three great wars. l have taken
part in two"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

a KENTUCKY woman has petitioned
THE Governor for q pension because
she has seven sons all born on Sunday
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

NJ GREVY saw twelve Cabinets, with
I2Q Ministers, serve under him while
President of France.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

For thirty-two years Mrs. Catherine
Murdoch has kept the light in the Ron.
dout IN. ~ lighthouse burning
brightly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

Rev Robert Thompson, pastor OF the
Presbyterian church at Oregon, was con-
signed to the insane asylum at Madison the
other day
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

| jared in natural gas explosion, Which
| wrecked their dwelling.
| OK the 22d Mrs. Magdaline Boggs, the
| Oldest resident of Indiana, celebrated her
| one hundred and fourth biz thday at her
| home in Milton, Wayne County
NEAR Delphi, Ind, David Hildebrand and
his son Fred were struck by Wabash train
On the 22d while crossing the track and
were killed
The discovery Of gold and silver in large
| quantities on the Hiawasser river in North
Carolina was reported on the 22d Six
| thousand acres had been explored.
The product of flour at Minneapolis dur
ing the year was On the 22d reported at
| 6,616. 700 barrels
A CORONER found over $4,000 secreted
! in the bed of a dead miser as Minneapolis
on the ODD
GEORGE WILLIAMS (colored) was executed
| at Birmingham, Ala, on the 23d for the
| murder of Cash Mosely (colored).
DANIEL FULTON, found guilty on the 23d
at Corunna, Mich, Of numbering his wife,
was sentenced to spend his life in prison in
solitary confinement
NEAR Fifield, Wis. broken rail wrecked
Wisconsin Central passenger train on the
23d, and one man was killed and twenty
ousiy.
THE Legislature of South Carolina has
passed a law making it misdemeanor for
tradesmen to facilitate TIE sale of goods
by offering purchasers an inducemenb to
buy in the way of prizes or gifts
HE wife Of farmer living near Newman.
Ill, got into quarrel On the 23d with her
| servant g.r, which eliminated in fight in
which both women were fatally stabbed
A TRAIN on the Minnesota & Northwestern
railroad was derailed on the 23d near Leaf
River, ILL.,, and thrown down an embank-
ment and about forty persons were In
jured
Ten persons were frozen to death in Car
son County, Tex, during the recent cold
spell.
A FIRE the other day destroyed Daniel
J. Corkery's stable in Chicago, and twenty
eight horses lost their lives
Ex-Governor ALGER, of Michigan, repeat
ed his charity of last year on the Goth, Civ
ing clothing to five hundred newsboys, and
fuel and -four to a thousand poor and de-
serving families
In Louisiana and Mississippi, snow fell on
the 25th to the depth of eight inches
A FIRE on the Goth destroyed forty build
ings at Wakefield Mich, including the bank.
theater, post-office, clothing and general
stores and a dozen saloons. Loss, $780,
600
THERE were 1904 miles of new railroad
builtin the Northwest during 1887.
IT was said ON the 25th that the reports
about a coal famine and suffering for the
necessities of life in Kansas were largely
exaggerated J..
A FIRE in the State prison at Michigan
City, Ind, few days ago destroyed the
entire plant of Phelps, Dodge & Palmer of
Chicago used in the manufacture of boots
and shoes Loss, 100000
Hoes recently attacked and killed Mrs.
Sarah Ewing, sixty years of age, mother of
a farmer near Shelbyville, Ind
On the Goth Captain William J. Haines of
81. Louis, celebrated his one hundredth
birthday
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30
DAKOTA

The Land Department. has decided the
contest case initiated by F. G. Small. of
Harold, against j. W. Bell in favor of the
heirs of Small Bell made fraudulent en-
try of timber claim in the name of his
father, ]. W. Bell, which was contested by
Small: This caused a feud, and three years
ago Bell met Small on the prairie Drained
him with Ratchet dumped the body into
his buggy and buried it in field. The
body was found and Bell was taken from
the Jail and hung to flag pole by delega-
ton of citizens
A vein of coal sixteen feet thick has been
found at Whitewood twelve feet below the
surface and seventy feet below another
vein more than three times as thick The
coal is said to be as good as any in the
country.
Peter Friedland, miner of Terravile, fell
into an open cut while engaged in mining
near that place. causing instant death.
The school superintendent of Sully County
gives notice that he will not issue certif-
cate to any person who uses alcoholic
drinks or narcotics His announcement
has created much discussion, and the super
intendent will be asked by what authority
ne issues such proclamation.
George Green, a noted horse thief, was
hanged by vigilantes recently near Flem-
ington.
The Dakota fax crop for 1887 is esti-
mated to be $500, 900 bushels.
Deadwood claims the distinction of hay
ing an anti-fat society, the members of
which abstain from eating anything that
viii add to their corpulency.
The amount of $3.50 was raised within
five minutes at Huron the other day to
liquidate a debt of the Presbyterian church
The Bismarck National and the Capital
National banks at Bismarck have consoli-
dated under the name of the Capital Ma
tional Bank
A fine ledge of cinnabar has been found
in the tin districts near Rapid City.
Bernard G. Caulfeld, who at one time
represented the First Illinois district in
Congress- died in Deadwood the other morn
ing, aged 5S years.
The foundries of Yankton are crowded
with work, something unusual at this sea-
son of the year
A queen was crowned the other night at
Old Fort Pierre, on the Sioux reservation, be
fore an interested crowd of Indians, many
OF whom travelled for miles to witness the
ceremony. Her royal highness was pre-
sented with forty buffalo robes and two
horses
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

The next Ohio Legislature has savsn
editors as members.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

A little girl came home from her
grandmother's one day with a very
full account of an elegant lunch-p party
that grandmamma was giving. Sur
prised that she had known nothing
about it before, mamma made in
quirles, only to learn that no such
party had taken place. Questioned in
regard to her imaginative effort Ma
BILE answered, plausibly: "Why, MAN.
ma, sometimes you make up tories to
amoose me, and l thought I'd see if l
couldn't make up tory for you ~
Golden Dams
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

What is your specially, my
friend?" inquired the visitor of dime
museum freak. phenomenal intelli-
gence. "In what direction does it
liePn I'm the man who always shuts
the door. "-Ha1peqs BGsGa.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30

Edwin ID. Hilton. Paterson ma
chinist, has completed a silk loom
which occupies less space than type
writer and weaves silk handkerchiefs
OF pretty pattern, four inches square.
A child can operate it. Silk manu-
facturers of Paterson say it is the
smallest working loonl.eYer made.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30
RAILWAY WRECKS.

Two Accidents in Which One Life Was
Lost and a Greet Many Persons Were
Injured-One Occurs on the Wisconsin
Central and the Other on the Minnesota
& NnrthNYestern Road.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-27
SPECIAL LOCALS.

A large stock of Fresh Groceries just
received. Everything new since my
return. Fresh Herring and Shad daily
at lowest price. 7 lbs. Standard Coffee
for 81. so, worth everywhere from ~ to
ID cts. per pound. Finest Tea in town,
superior to He-No Tea, quarter pound
20 cts. and fine majolica dish, or 4
dishes with every pound. All the above
to be found only at
A. l.. MARTINS, The Live Grocer,
Next to Lutheran Church.
GY Lowest prices in town on Sugars
in 20 h. lots.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-27
Martinsburg, w. Va.

We have on hand stationery of al
most every description, such as Visiting
and Business Cards, Chrome Cards of
any size and style, Advertising Novel
ties, Letter and Bill Heads, Invitation
Cards. Envelopes Of every size and
color, Blank Books, Counter Books.
Box Paper, Card Board of any color.
In fact we are handling almost every
thing in the Stationery line. We will
give jobbers prices to the trade, as
cheap as they can be had from manu-
facturer. Call and examine goods.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-27

Mrs. Ellen Pickett, of Hagerstown,
mother of the late James Pickett of that
place, was found dead in her bed on
Saturday morning. She had been i'll
for some time and the tragic death of
her son was great shock to her from
which she never recovered. She was
aged about IS years.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-27

GROWTH OF A BIG BooK.-When Web
ster's Unabridged was first published in
one volume, it was comparatively
small book. Some years after an ad-
dition was made of 1900 Pictorial illus
trations, A Table of Synonyms, and an
Appendix of New Words that had come
into use. A few years later came an en-
tirely new revised edition of larger size,
with 5000 Pictorial illustrations, then,
after interval of a few years Biograph-
ical Dictionary of nearly 10000 Names
and Supplement of nearly 5000 New
Words we're added, and there has come
a new and most valuable addition, A
Gazetteer of the World, of over $4,000
Titles. The work is now not only the
Dictionary, par excellence, but Bio
graphical Dictionary, Gazetteer ofthe
World, and a. great many other good
things in its many valuable Tables.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-27

On last Saturday the main streets
were scraped, and now present clean
appearance. Officers O'Neal and Poisal
had in charge large squads of men, and
the work was we'll done. These gentle
men deserve credit, and should be re-
membered by our citizens. As police
men, few towns of larger size can boast
of better.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-27

Being still troubled with a bad cold
since my return from the South, have
decided to sell my fine Columbia Bicycle
for $50 less than cost, as shall not ride
this season. Ihave also new Bicycles
any size from as in. to 54 in, nickel
plated, from SIS to $50. Apply to
A. L. MARTIN.
Martinsburg, w. Va.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-27
attaninsburg Gazette.
Published daily Except Sunday by
F. VERNON ALER & co.
RATES or ADVERTISING.

Standing advertisements,
per in. per mo. $I.oo
Transient locals per line, each issue .o5
Merchants, g - a. e /" .o2
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Advertisers with whom we have reg
ular running accounts will have their
bills rendered on the first Monday of
each month. All transient advertise
ments payable in advance.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-27
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
In effect Sunday, April ~, 1887.
STANDARD Time)

IStanQarQ lime.
EAST BOUND.
Train No. 4 from Chicago and st.
Louis; leaves MartinSbnrg at 400. and
Washington Gao; arrives Baltimore at
7:3o and leaves 8:45 a. M; arrives Phila-
delphia at 1890 p. m.
Train No. from Pittsburg: leaves
Pittsburg at o:2o D. nj. Cumberland at
2:5o a. m. Martinsburg S:o7. and Wash
ington ESQ a. M; arrives Baltimore
$3.50 a. m.
No I46. mixed train, leaves Martins
burg 6. 20 a. M, except Sunday; connects
for Winchester, Hagerstown and Fred
erick.
No. SO, except Sunday, leaves Mar
tinsburg at II a. M, via. main line;
stops at all stations, connects for Valley
Branch, Hagerstown, Frederick.
No q, limited from st. Louis and Gin
cinnati leaves Martinsburg at II:55
m Washington 40, p m, and Balti-
more SIS p M; arrives Philadelphia
JPN.
No 38, Baltimore and way stations
via. Washington; leaves Martinsburg
at SIP m. connects for Winchester,
Hagerstown and Frederick.
No6, limited from Chicago and Pitts
burg leaves Martinsbnrg 5:2op M, and
Washington 7:25 M; arrives Balti-
more at 500 m, and leaves at 84s
M; arrives Philadelphia at m.
WEST BOUND.
No S, limited from Philadelphia to
Chicago and Pittsburg leaves Philadel-
phia \ M. Baltimore at 10 80 m.
Washington at II As m, and Martins
burg at 10 40 p m.
No I, limited to Cincinnati and ST.
Louis leaves Philadelphia 10 as m.
Baltimore so; Washington so; Mar
tinsburg S 26 p m.
No7, Pittsburg Express !; Martinsburg
att II o8 p m. arrives Cumberland 20,
and Pittsburg at s so m.
No 3. Cincinnati, Chicago and St.
Louis leaveS Philadelphia 4 As; Balti-
more 6; Washington 10 10 p m, and
Martinsburg II "a m.
No IS, daily except Sunday Balti4
more to Grafton Martinsburg at IL as
m, stops at all stations and connects
for Romney...
Mixed train. lat daily leaves Mar
tinsburg at 4 so M, connects for ROM
ney and stops at all stations.
No las leaves 10 m, except Sun
day stops at all stations.
Accommodation for Cherry Run
leaves S 80 p M, except Sunday.
]. 7. MARTIN, Agent.
a.